INSTALLING HP FIRMWARE MAINTENANCE CD ON HP DL380 G5 SERVER PRIOR TO ESX INSTALL
Hello, I instaled the latest BIOS, but am having problems installing the Firmware Maintenance CD v8.40. After the HP Smart update Manager scans the server, it says I am using SUSE Linux Enterprise...
View Articlerdm shared disk
ok this probably sounds like a stupid question but i have to ask! Is it possible to share a RDM disk between two servers. As far as i am aware windows will not allow a disk to be accessed by two...
View ArticleA bunch of VMSN files under VM folders ... How can I delete these files ?
Hi ! I have 4 VMs having around 300 vmsn files 20KB big. I would like to know how can I get rid of these files ? There's NO SNAPSHOT in the SNAPSHOT MANAGER, so why I have so much files like that...
View ArticleChange iscsi lun to fcp
We've been using iscsi vmfs luns on our netapp fas270c to provide disks to our vmware servers. We've recently upgraded our fas270c to include Fibre Channel and would like to change the luns to use...
View ArticleESX Health Check
Hi, May I know what are the tools that is available to perfrom ESX Health Check. In addition, whwer ccan I download the Porter Toolbox VI3 and VIA? Thanks
View ArticleConfigure boot mode to redirect server console to serial port permanently
Hi, 1) How do I configure the above. Basically, when a person want to access the console, it will insert the serial cable to access the esx server. Is this possible? 2) How to provide redundancy to...
View ArticleESX 3.5 licenses
Hi, I had purchased an ESX 3.0.x standard license, can I now upgrade the ESX server from ESX 3.0.2 to ESX 3.5 using the same license. In other words, do I have to purchase or upgrade my license for...
View ArticleMSA 1000 and VMware ESX 3.5 will it work?
Hi, I know that the MSA1000 is not on the compatibility guide for 3.5. But are there anyone who did the upgrade already?Please, tell me your experiences and the enviroment (Firmware, configuration...
View ArticleSpecial CPU reservation setting for vRanger
We are using vizioncore vranger for our vmware backup (latest version). Accordig to vizioncore tech, they say that we should increase our system reservation setting to like 1200 to 1500 MHZ, has...
View ArticleVI client 2.5 unable to initialize logging
VI client unable to initialize logging after ESX server upgraded from version 3.0.2 to 3.5. Error: " VMware Infrastructure Client was unable to initialize logging. This session will proceed without...
View Articleadding text to hosts file
I want to be able to automate in a scripting process on how to add a server name to the hosts file in the folder etc. for example 10.2.2.2 esxserver004.company.com.au esxserver004 I want to...
View Articleupgrading datastores without migrate VMs
Hi. is dangerous upgrade datastores without migrate VMs ??. Any recomendation?. The LUN have 3 Tbytes . Thanks
View ArticleLun does not contain any VMFS/LVM signatures...vcbMounter error Failed to...
Alright so inch by inch I have been making progress trying to get consolidated backup working to no avail. Currently this is my progress. I have my backup proxy connected to a brocade fiber switch...
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Getting drive status from HP Smart Array P400
Hi, Since installing ESX 3.5 I've installed two P400 array controllers into our Intel Servers (not HP) and everything working.....well.....I think so. How do I know if a hard drive has died?...
View ArticleUpgrade to ESX 3.5 and VMFS 3.31 question
When I install a new hosts with esx 3.5, I will get the VMFS version 3.31.But when I upgrade a 3.0.2 esx host my storage won't be upgraded to VMFS 3.31 - it is still VMFS 3.21. It seems that VMotion...
View ArticleStrange Error Message: IPMI_SI during boot up
During the boot up of esx 3.5, I get OK for each system that loads except one: ipmi_si. I get the following message: unable to find any system interface(s). I am running on a brand new Dell...
View ArticleVMFS or EXT3
Can ESX server use ext 3 as its file system or does it have to use VMFS Thanks Tim
View ArticleRaid Read & Write policy for ESX 3.5
Just wondering, creating a new vmfs partition on an ESX 3.5 server after adding some disks... On a DELL PowerEdge 2900 / PERC 5/I RAID controller with SAS disks, the Raid Read policy, can be either No...
View ArticleVCB with VMFX and RDM disks
We are currently looking at implementing VCB, and we have some machines with RDM Disks. These disks have been connected in physical mode because of SAN implications, but the OS is all installed on VMFX...
View ArticleVI client Update manager can't load: Could not load file or assembly...
Hello Folks, I get the following error message whenever i try to load the Update Manager client in VI -Error-Could not load file or assembly 'VimSoapService.25, Version=2.5.0.0, Culture=neutral,...
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